Tuesday, December 15, 2009


Word of the Day for Tuesday, December 15, 2009
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appellation \ap-uh-LAY-shun\, noun:
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1. The word by which a particular person or thing is called and known; name; title; designation.
2. The act of naming.
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You would think that the B.O. would readily accept and admit that he is in fact a socialist revolutionary and that he would take pride in claiming that appellation for himself!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Appellation comes from Latin appellatio, from appellare, "to name."

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